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Sword of Islam and Legacy of Rome are the two main things you may want. They are the actual expansions, though as far as I'm aware, a lot of the stuff they have are also in the patches, though you can't use all of it. But I'm not entirely sure how that works.

But yea, those two are the main DLCs as far as I see it. Most of the rest are either music, shields, face packs and the ruler designer.

Sword of Islam and Legacy of Rome are the two main things you may want. They are the actual expansions, though as far as I'm aware, a lot of the stuff they have are also in the patches, though you can't use all of it. But I'm not entirely sure how that works.

The new mechanics introduced by the DLCs are part of the patches that have being released for free, meaning that the AI countries will use the rules introduced in them. However, you need the DLCs if you want to play as a Muslim ruler or have the extra options added for the Byzantine empire.

Sword of Islam and Legacy of Rome are the two main things you may want. They are the actual expansions, though as far as I'm aware, a lot of the stuff they have are also in the patches, though you can't use all of it. But I'm not entirely sure how that works.

I think it means that the other nations use the new systems that are in place but that you can't play as them and try them for yourself without buying the DLC.

The new mechanics introduced by the DLCs are part of the patches that have being released for free, meaning that the AI countries will use the rules introduced in them. However, you need the DLCs if you want to play as a Muslim ruler or have the extra options added for the Byzantine empire.

Originally Posted by Lambchops

I think it means that the other nations use the new systems that are in place but that you can't play as them and try them for yourself without buying the DLC.

Right. Thanks guys. I pretty much bought both of those at release so I never actually looked into how they sorted the game for people without them in any detail.

This seems like a good way of keeping feature parity (is this even a concept? I hate Monday brain.) between vanilla game and the DLCs while still maintaining an actual reason to purchase the DLC.

I'd actually highly recommend the music DLCs, because if you put as many hours into this game as i have (and trust me, you will) you'll very swiftly become bloody sick of hearing the same pieces over and over again. It helps that the extra music is extremely well done (see, for example 'The Holy Land'). I can't say that i didn't resent handing over cash for stuff that i would rather be included in the major expansions, but wait until next time it's 75% off - which will be soon - and you can pick it all up for pennies.

*edit* i forgot to mention that the additional music is largely thematic - certain pieces might play if you're playing as a certain culture, if your character has very high piety, or if you capture jerusalem. If you never plan to play as an English character the songs of albion become fairly pointless, for example.

I'd actually highly recommend the music DLCs, because if you put as many hours into this game as i have (and trust me, you will) you'll very swiftly become bloody sick of hearing the same pieces over and over again. It helps that the extra music is extremely well done (see, for example 'The Holy Land'). I can't say that i didn't resent handing over cash for stuff that i would rather be included in the major expansions, but wait until next time it's 75% off - which will be soon - and you can pick it all up for pennies.

*edit* i forgot to mention that the additional music is largely thematic - certain pieces might play if you're playing as a certain culture, if your character has very high piety, or if you capture jerusalem. If you never plan to play as an English character the songs of albion become fairly pointless, for example.

Yeah the extra music is nice but I was a very sad panda when I discovered that they're tied to particular cultures. I'd prefer it if they just played more often with the relevant cultures, but could still pop up when playing some other culture.

Then again, there's probably a mod for that. Or maybe just a simple edit in a text file.